Manager, Advanced Analytics
Prudential plc is hiring a Manager, Advanced Analytics in Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China. Level rates it ; you can apply on Prudential plc.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this role Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include PyTorch, TensorFlow and scikit-learn.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 437 other open roles at Prudential plc.
AI in this role
Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.
The Data Analytics team is seeking a highly technical and hands-on Manager, Advanced Analytics to drive the development and deployment of machine learning and AI solutions across the business.This role will be responsible for designing, building, and operationalizing advanced analytical models that support customer growth, retention, distribution effectiveness, marketing optimization, and business transformation initiatives. Working closely with the Associate Director, Customer Insights & Advanced Analytics, the successful candidate will lead the technical delivery of predictive models, AI applications, and modern data science capabilities while helping establish best practices in machine learning engineering and MLOps.
This role is ideal for a highly technical data scientist who enjoys solving complex business problems through advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
Job Responsibilities
Advanced Analytics & Data Science
- Design, develop, validate, and deploy predictive and machine learning models to support customer acquisition, retention, repurchase, cross-sell, distribution productivity, and marketing effectiveness.
- Develop advanced analytical solutions including propensity models, churn prediction, customer lifetime value models, recommendation engines, forecasting models, and optimization algorithms.
- Apply modern machine learning techniques to identify business opportunities and improve decision making across customer, agency, marketing, and operational domains.
- Translate business challenges into scalable analytical and AI-driven solutions.
AI & Machine Learning Innovation
- Explore and implement emerging AI technologies, including Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and AI agents where appropriate.
- Evaluate and prototype new AI use cases that enhance customer experience, operational efficiency, and business productivity.
- Drive innovation by identifying opportunities to leverage AI and advanced analytics across the organization.
Model Engineering & MLOps
- Establish and manage end-to-end machine learning lifecycle processes, including model development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and retraining.
- Optimize model performance through feature engineering, hyperparameter tuning, model selection, and experimentation.
- Develop scalable and production-ready machine learning solutions in collaboration with technology and data engineering teams.
- Implement MLOps best practices to ensure model reliability, governance, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Job Requirements
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Actuarial Science, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Master's degree or above is preferred.
Experience
- Minimum 8-10 years of experience in data science, machine learning, advanced analytics, or related quantitative fields.
- Proven experience in developing and deploying machine learning solutions that deliver measurable business impact.
- Experience within insurance, financial services, telecommunications, e-commerce, or other data-intensive industries is preferred.
Technical Expertise
- Strong expertise in machine learning, predictive modeling, statistical analysis, and optimization techniques.
- Hands-on experience with Python and machine learning libraries such as Scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or equivalent.
- Experience in feature engineering, model evaluation, hyperparameter optimization, and model explainability.
- Strong understanding of MLOps, including model deployment, monitoring, version control, CI/CD, and production model management.
- Experience working with cloud-based analytics and AI platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Familiarity with Generative AI, LLMs, vector databases, RAG architectures, agentic workflows, and modern AI technologies is highly desirable.
- Strong SQL and data manipulation capabilities with experience handling large-scale structured and unstructured datasets.
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.
How we rate this
Manager, Advanced Analytics at Prudential plc rates 94 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
Prepare for this job
Built from this posting and from similar jobs on Level.
Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Questions you could be asked
- How would you design a retrieval step so the model answers from real data instead of guessing?
- How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
- How do you monitor a model once it's live, and how do you know it needs retraining?
- How do you decide that one model's output is better than another's for a given task?
- Walk me through how you've used PyTorch in your day-to-day work.
Adapt your resume
- List these exact terms on your resume: RAG, AI agents, ML Ops, AI Evaluation, and PyTorch. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.
Want an expert to read your CV for this job?
Free. Send your CV and the role you want next. You get your review by email within 24 hours.
Get new data jobs (Builds AI ●●●●) by email
One email a week with the new data jobs (Builds AI ●●●●), each rated for how much AI is in the work. No recruiter spam, unsubscribe in one click.
Free. One email a week. Unsubscribe in one click.
Similar roles
Data roles that build AI, at other companies.
What kind of AI work fits you?
Answer 12 practical questions in about three minutes. Get a simple profile, the work it points to, and live roles to explore next.
Find my next step